Locate VB6.exe and Right-Click on it. Make sure you have the full privileges (Computer Administrator), choose Properties

VB6 Controls move slowly on Win7

Navigate to Compatibility section, and mark / activate the option (Run this program in compatibility mode for:) and then from the drop-down menu choose Windows XP (Service Pack3), also below in the settings section mark / activate the option Disable desktop composition.

Visual Basic 6.0 Controls move slow on Win7

Click OK and test your Visual Basic 6.0 IDE, place some controls on a VB6 Form, try to move those controls, you notice that the controls are no longer move slowly. Also, make sure you are Win7 computer admin before applying these options.

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Nothing to worry about here, the popped up message with close and Visual Basic 6.0 will work fine, and then when you exit Visual Basic 6.0 on Window7, the color schema will return to the default as before without any problems.

Problem :

Run-time error '70':Permission denied

Causes: An attempt was made to write to a write-protected disk or to access a locked file. This error has the following causes and solutions: Solution for WinXP :

(C) You tried to open a write-protected file for sequential Output or Append. (S) Open the file for Input or change the write-protection attribute of the file.

(C) You tried to open a file on a disk that is write-protected for sequential Output or Append. (S) Remove the write-protection device from the disk or open the file for Input.

(C) You tried to write to a file that another process locked. (S) Wait to open the file until the other process releases it.

(C) You attempted to access the registry, but your user permissions don't include this type of registry access. (S) On a 32-bit Microsoft Windows systems, a user must have the correct permissions for access to the system registry. Change your permissions or have them changed by the system administrator, as for Win7, see solution below ...

Solution for Win7:

Set Windows7 UAC [User Account Control] to [No Notifications] or just configureVB6.exe security for the Win7 current user to Full Control.